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Cycle rider killed in Bourbon County crash

A motorcycle rider was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in southeast Kansas.

The victim was identified as Justin M. Hueston, 22, of Mapleton.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, the accident occurred at 7:26 a.m. on US-54 highway, about three miles east of Fort Scott.

The patrol said the accident occurred when a 1996 Buick Park Avenue that was westbound on US-54 drifted left of center, striking a 1977 Honda motorcycle that was in the eastbound turn lane to 265th Street.

Hueston, who was riding the motorcycle, was taken to Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., where he died.

The patrol said Hueston was wearing safety glasses, but it wasn’t known if he was wearing a helmet.

The driver of the Buick, identified as Joshua S. Bassett, 24, of Fort Scott, was taken to Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo., with what were described as disabling injuries.

Bassett, who was traveling alone in the car, was wearing a seat belt, the patrol said.